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Two-stroke vs four-stroke outboards: how they are lubricated
A two-stroke outboard has no oil sump, so oil must be mixed into its fuel and is burned along with it. A four-stroke keeps its oil in a crankcase sump, like a car engine, and runs on plain gasoline.